Shoe-polishing stand.



No. 838,938. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906. w. o; BECK. SHOE POLISHING STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1905.

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WILLIAM O. BECK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE-POLISHI NG STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed November 24, 1905. Serial No. 288,876.

To alt whom it mercy concern- Be it known that I, WVILLIAM O. BECK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Polishing Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in foot rests or stands for convenience in polishing shoes, the object being to provide a device of this character so constructed as to be readily attached to a closet-bowl, so that the dirt removed from the shoes will fall into the bowl.

I will describe a shoe-polishing stand embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accom panying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a shoe-polishing stand embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a foot-plate having outwardly-extended arms 2 for engaging upon the upper surface of the bowl, and adjustable on these arms are abutting-fingers 3 for engaging against the inner surface of the bowl at the top, and these fingers are held as adjusted by means of setscrews 4. Having adjustable connection with the foot-plate is a heel-plate 5, the rear end of which is provided with a downward projection having a shoulder 6 for engaging on the upper side of the bowl and a shoulder 7, which is vertically disposed and designed to engage against the inner side of the bowl, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The footplate has a forward extension 8, which is slidable in a socket 9, formed on the rear end of the foot-plate, and the parts are held as adjusted by means of a set-screw 10. The object of the adjustment is to fit the device for difierent sizes of shoes.

In connection with the device I provide a means for guiding the polishing-cloth.

This means comprises rollers 11, mounted on rods 12, extended forward from lugs 13 on the sides of the foot-plate. The rollers are held in place by means of washers 14 on the ends of the rods 12, and preferably these washers will be seated in the ends of the rollers, so that they will not interfere with the movements of the polishing-cloth, which is passed underneath the rollers and over the shoe, as indicated in Fig. 3.

The arms 2, it will be noted, are inclined downward, so that the forward end of the stand is elevated to give the proper angle or pitch to the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A shoe-polishing stand comprising a foot-plate, a heel-plate having adjustable connection therewith and means for detachably supporting the device on a closet-bowl.

2. A shoe-polishing stand comprising a foot plate,'arms extended outward therefrom, fingers adjustable on the arms, a heel plate and downward extensions on the rear end of said heel-plate having horizontally and vertically disposed shoulder portions.

3. A shoepolishing stand comprising a foot-plate, arms extended outward therefrom, fingers adjustable on said arms, a heel-plate having adjustable connection with the footplate and a downward projection on the rear end of the heel-plate having horizontally and vertically disposed shoulder portions.

4. A shoe-polishing stand comprising a foot-plate, a heel-plate having adjustable connection with the foot-plate, supportingarms extended from the foot-plate, a supporting device on the heelplate, rods extended along the sides of the foot-plate and rollers on said rods.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM O. BECK.

W'itnesses:

Tnos. D. JOHANNESSEN, B. NOREM. 

